Ball Jars: From Wooden Cans to the Stars, Part Three

By 1930, Ball had grown into a sprawling industrial network built around glass, closures, rubber seals, paper products, machinery, and commercial packaging.

Part Three follows the company through the Great Depression, the purchase and closure of Three Rivers Glass Company, the federal antitrust case, the changing postwar household, and Ball’s unexpected turn from pantry jars toward aerospace.